Trump’s talks with Putin stir fears of US abandonment in Europe

In Trump, many see a president who has abandoned the traditional US view of a rules-based world order in favour of a nationalist, great power game with Moscow and Beijing. That has caused panic on a continent that has relied on US security assurance for 80 years read more Donald Trump's sudden shift on Ukraine has shaken the transatlantic alliance to its core. Now European leaders are crossing that same ocean in a desperate bid to shore it up. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet Trump separately at the White House this week to…